Amanda-Clearcreek Local

Amanda-Clearcreek Local is a four-school Ohio district serving roughly 1,493 students across a PK-2 primary school, a 3-5 elementary school, a 6-8 middle school, and a 9-12 high school, with no alternative schools in the district. It holds a 2-star rating and ranks 506th out of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 35th percentile.

Comparing the schools, the strongest results are in specific pockets rather than across the board. Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School posts the district's standout score: Algebra I proficiency of 81.8% in 2025-26, well above the state's 61.6%, and its 8th-grade science slightly beats the state. But its 7th-grade math and English Language Arts fell sharply, from 61.3% to 32.4% and 69.8% to 47.4%. Amanda-Clearcreek High School beats the state in English II (75.8% vs. 62.7%), American Government, American History, and Biology, and its graduation rate is 94.5%. Yet high school Algebra I is only 29.7% — down from 55.6% the prior year — and chronic absenteeism is the district's highest at 26.9%. Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School is below the state in every reported 2025-26 subject, with the widest gaps in 5th-grade science and 5th-grade ELA, and it has the highest student-teacher ratio at 18.1. Amanda-Clearcreek Primary School has the lowest absenteeism at 11.5% but no test-score data, as expected for PK-2.

Three patterns matter most for families. First, absenteeism climbs steadily with grade level: about 11.5% in the early grades, 17.6% in middle school, and 26.9% in high school, against a district rate of 17.0%. Second, Algebra I results are split dramatically — very high in middle school, very low in high school — suggesting the middle school's strong number reflects a smaller advanced group while the high school serves most test takers. Third, per-student spending is fairly flat across schools (about $9,742 to $10,468) but comes from 2018-19, so it may not reflect current resources. Note also that free/reduced-lunch figures are not reported for the elementary and middle schools, and the high school's 99.27% versus the primary school's 42.45% likely reflects reporting or eligibility differences rather than a direct poverty comparison.